Monoploid and Polyploid

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Monoploid adjective - Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes.

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Polyploid is an antonym for monoploid.

Polyploid adjective - Of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes.

Usage example: a polyploid cell

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Monoploid is an antonym for polyploid.

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